Cardata vs. Emburse Chrome River

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cardata
Score 10.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Cardata is a fully-managed vehicle reimbursement platform. The company provides a suite of reimbursement software, compliance programs, and business intelligence tools for companies that enable employees to use their personal vehicles for work. Cardata's customer service and software tools aim to help companies save +30% by escaping outdated car programs and moving to optimized tax-free reimbursement alternatives.N/A
Emburse Chrome River
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Chrome River EXPENSE is expense management software, from Chrome River Technologies in Los Angeles, California.N/A
Pricing
CardataEmburse Chrome River
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CardataEmburse Chrome River
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsWe offer three cost-effective, subscription-based pricing models: A transaction-based model, priced according to expense report volume A submitter-based model, priced according to an average number of monthly submitters An enterprise-level model that includes unlimited expense reports. Pricing for this model is based on total employee headcount Feel free to contact us to discuss the best one for your organization.
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Community Pulse
CardataEmburse Chrome River
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Features
CardataEmburse Chrome River
Expense Management
Comparison of Expense Management features of Product A and Product B
Cardata
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Ratings
Emburse Chrome River
8.8
3 Ratings
9% above category average
Employee Expense Reporting00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
Corporate Card Reconciliation00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
Cardata
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Ratings
Emburse Chrome River
8.0
3 Ratings
0% below category average
Customizable Approval Policies00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
Financial Document Management00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
Advanced OCR00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
CardataEmburse Chrome River
Small Businesses
Dext Prepare (with Receipt Bank)
Dext Prepare (with Receipt Bank)
Score 9.1 out of 10
Dext Prepare (with Receipt Bank)
Dext Prepare (with Receipt Bank)
Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
BILL Spend & Expense
BILL Spend & Expense
Score 8.9 out of 10
BILL Spend & Expense
BILL Spend & Expense
Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises
Webexpenses
Webexpenses
Score 8.5 out of 10
Webexpenses
Webexpenses
Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
CardataEmburse Chrome River
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.5
(123 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(18 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(107 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(113 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
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(0 ratings)
9.1
(7 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
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(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CardataEmburse Chrome River
Likelihood to Recommend
Cardata
CarData is well suited for outside sales reps. It really has not been less appropriate at any time. It has helped me manage my time so that I am not spending a bunch of time writing down all of my miles, therefore I can concentrate on the important aspect of my job.
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Emburse
The Emburse Chrome River is well suited for tracking expenses and reimbursement. The compliance part of the software makes the task very easy to ensure all the reports that are being used within the company are updated and easy to verify. The Automating invoice processing makes some redundant task easy to execute.
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Pros
Cardata
  • Accurate measurements of travel
  • Saves time
  • Easy to use
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Emburse
  • [Emburse] Chrome River listens to its customer's needs and does its best to match current products to those needs, or collaborate internally to determine if an enhancement can be made available that will not only benefit that customer, but will be a good use case for all Chrome River customers.
  • The [Emburse] Chrome River customer service team is great. Unlike most companies, you can speak to a liver person!
  • [Emburse] Chrome River's training offerings are relevant and pertinent to the day to day operations of the software.
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Cons
Cardata
  • Once the next month starts it is hard to go back and disposition travel
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Emburse
  • Would be great to have pre-saved templates available to apply to line items at the expense report header level rather than having to go into each line.
  • Would be nice to have a mass upload functionality for things like cost codes, allocations, and credit card users.
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Likelihood to Renew
Cardata
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Emburse
Chrome River is easy to use. We needed little training for our users and instead pointed them to Chrome River's Help Guides which are clearly written and easy to understand. With tools SNAP and the ability to email receipts means we can be completely remote when submitting reports.
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Usability
Cardata
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Emburse
I would rate Chrome River Expense a 10 because, as I mentioned before, it is very simple and easy to use. This is important from an administrative point-of-view as well as for the field employee. Being a general contractor, it makes it all the better for our employees to use a program that is easy to understand and requires little time and effort. It has made tracking expenses very simple and has been well received by the entire company.
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Reliability and Availability
Cardata
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Emburse
The software is always running effectively. I use many Cloud based systems and never had issues with Chrome River
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Performance
Cardata
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Emburse
System runs normal pretty much all the time. Does not slow any other systems down.
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Support Rating
Cardata
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Emburse
This has been easy for me because we have a rep that contacts the supporters for this product to correct any issues we may have with the software or changes needed to help out employees use Chrome River easier. This from my understanding has been a hit or miss kind of interaction with our rep and Chrome River.
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Online Training
Cardata
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Emburse
The software is very user friendly, so the online training was easy to pickup for everyone.
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Implementation Rating
Cardata
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Emburse
Before implementation begins, make sure you have a plan on how you would like your workflow and platform setup for a system like Chrome River. It will speed the process and eliminate the need to make changes when you go live.
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Alternatives Considered
Cardata
I have not used any other products and I do not see the need for our company to shop around for other products. CarData works well for me.
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Emburse
It's the [industry-leading] software for Enterprise level organizations with [large-scale] teams and financial responsibilities. The software has the most robust set of tools and pays for itself with the amount of time it saves. Many newer alternatives have sprouted up but I don't know that we would ever trust another software to do our Expense Tracking and Management.
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Scalability
Cardata
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Emburse
It's very easy software to design to your needs.
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Return on Investment
Cardata
  • Frees up time
  • Manages my mileage for me
  • Helps me to keep track of my day
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Emburse
  • We have seen a return on approver time of nearly 60% meaning our approvers have tripled their output.
  • We have had feedback from our users that time spent creating expenses has gone from an average of 2 hours to perhaps 20 minutes, tops.
  • We have seen in our dashboards that the Emburse Certify Suite of tools has returned an average savings of over $500K a year.
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Emburse Chrome River Screenshots

Screenshot of A consistent experience across any screen size or operating systemScreenshot of Simple, customizable tiles for expense entryScreenshot of Approve expenses directly from your inbox with a single click